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Letter to Mayor Details Costs to State Businesses and Jobs, Urges Recycling NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb today urged New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council to reconsider a potential ban on polystyrene foam foodservice. They have both sent official letters to Mayor Mike Bloomberg highlighting the negative effects on state-wide businesses and the 1,200 polystyrene jobs...

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City Council of North Kansas City today called on Michael Montgomery, MD, Chair of the North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees, Peggy Schmidt, president and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital, and the other members of the Hospital's Board of Trustees to bring to an immediate end their repeated obstruction (through legal and other means) of the City's attempts to protect the future of the North Kansas City Hospital. It is...

Team Hailed for Championship Titles, Winning Streak and Contributions to the City WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a rare honor, the World TeamTennis (WTT) champion Washington Kastles received proclamations from both the Mayor's Office and D.C. City Council at the same time on Monday. With more than 200 Kastles fans cheering and other senior leaders of the city government on the steps of the Wilson Building, Mayor Vincent Gray and City Council Chairman Phil...

Letter sent to the Mayor today DETROIT, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The City of Detroit Coalition of Unions sent the following letter to Mayor Dave Bing imploring him to be a man of his word: Dear Mr. Mayor: I write this letter to you, Mr. Mayor, for delivery through Lamont Satchel, your Labor Relations Director. This letter also follows up on my previous letter of June 22, 2012, to the City, which was never responded to. This letter implores you, Mr. Mayor, to "man...

DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts calls Council member Charles Barron a leader, a champion for workers' rights and an outspoken advocate for the 99 percent NEW YORK, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WHAT: District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts announces the union's endorsement of City Council member Charles Barron highlighting his leadership and support of the union's budgetary and legislative priorities. Barron is a committed advocate for the...

NEW YORK, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizers of New York City's proposed AIDS Memorial Park (http://AIDSMemorialPark.org) today announced an agreement with the City Council and Rudin Management Company, the developer and owner of the proposed site. The agreement, brokered by New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, calls for a significant and prominent AIDS memorial as the primary feature in the new triangle park opposite the former St. Vincent's Hospital, the epicenter...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The City Council and residents voiced support Tuesday night for a law banning commercial pet stores in the city. Staff will come back to the council with a draft of an ordinance that aims to keep dogs and cats from inhumane, commercial breeders known as puppy mills out of Laguna Beach. No existing retail stores sell pets in the city, and supporters said the measure was meant to be proactive. "Animal cruelty and pet...

LONDON, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol City Council today announced plans to implement an automated workforce management system for its housing department with the aim of improving its 28,000 homes and increasing tenant satisfaction while saving some GBP2.7 million per annum in operational costs by 2014. The new system will be implemented by Capgemini UK, the council's prime systems integration partner, working with ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd whose...

BRONX, N.Y., Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a morning ceremony today, New York City Council Member James Vacca, along with administrators and faculty members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, celebrated the re-launch of Einstein's Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC). Thanks to Council Member Vacca's support, Einstein now houses an advanced magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy system (MRI/MRS) that provides imaging...

City council denied mosque's application despite recommended approval by planning commission LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today welcomed a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil rights investigation of a decision last year by the City of Lomita to deny a local mosque's application to rebuild its facility. According to media reports, "Federal investigators are...